AN ACT to amend and reenact §17A-6-7 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to permitting dealers who sell
fewer than eighteen new or used motor vehicles during a year
to have their dealer licenses renewed.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §17A-6-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 6. LICENSING OF DEALERS AND WRECKERS OR DISMANTLERS; SPECIAL PLATES; TEMPORARY PLATES OR MARKERS.

§17A-6-7. When application to be made; expiration of license
certificate; renewal.

(a) Every license certificate issued in accordance with the
provisions of this article shall, unless sooner suspended or
revoked, expire on June 30 next following the issuance thereof.

(b) A license certificate may be renewed each year in the same
manner, for the same fee as prescribed in section ten of this
article and upon the same basis as an original license certificate
is issued under section six of this article.

All applications for the renewal of any license certificate
shall be filed with the commissioner at least thirty days before
the expiration thereof. Any application for renewal of any license
certificate not filed at least thirty days before the expiration
may not be renewed except upon payment of the same fee as an
original license certificate as prescribed in subsection (a),
section ten of this article. The commissioner may allow the
delinquent applicant to complete an abbreviated application for
renewal in lieu of an original application.